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Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.
Barbara Tuchman

Meaning of "capricious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAPRICIOUS

capricious  [kəˈprɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAPRICIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Capricious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CAPRICIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Capricious

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. Synonyms whimsical - wayward - fickle - freakish - crotchety ▪ For the legal term Arbitrary and Capricious, see Standard of review ▪ For the card game, see: Capricieuse ▪ For the artisanal cheese, see: Capricious...

Definition of capricious in the English dictionary

The definition of capricious in the dictionary is characterized by or liable to sudden unpredictable changes in attitude or behaviour; impulsive; fickle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAPRICIOUS


ambitious
æmˈbɪʃəs
auspicious
ɔːˈspɪʃəs
avaricious
ˌævəˈrɪʃəs
cineritious
ˌsɪnəˈrɪʃəs
delicious
dɪˈlɪʃəs
fictitious
fɪkˈtɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
innutritious
ˌɪnjuːˈtrɪʃəs
lateritious
ˌlætəˈrɪʃəs
lubricious
luːˈbrɪʃəs
malicious
məˈlɪʃəs
Mauritius
məˈrɪʃəs
meretricious
ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs
non-nutritious
ˌnɒnnjuːˈtrɪʃəs
nutritious
njuːˈtrɪʃəs
sericeous
sɪˈrɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
suspicious
səˈspɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
vicious
ˈvɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAPRICIOUS

capric acid
capricci
capriccio
capriccioso
caprice
capriciously
capriciousness
Capricorn
Capricornean
Capricorni
Capricornia
Capricornus
caprid
caprification
caprifig
caprifole
caprifoliaceous
capriform
caprify
caprine

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAPRICIOUS

atrocious
audacious
bodacious
conscious
efficacious
ferocious
hellacious
judicious
luscious
officious
pernicious
precious
previous
pugnacious
safety-conscious
self-conscious
specious
subconscious
unconscious
vivacious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of capricious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAPRICIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «capricious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of capricious

Translation of «capricious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAPRICIOUS

Find out the translation of capricious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of capricious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «capricious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

任性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caprichosa
570 millions of speakers

English

capricious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متقلبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капризная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caprichosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খামখেয়ালী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

capricieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak menentu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

launisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気まぐれな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Capricious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hay thay đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேப்ரிசியோஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaprisli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capriccioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kapryśny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

примхлива
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

capricios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιότροπο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wispelturig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nyckfull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lune
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of capricious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPRICIOUS»

The term «capricious» is regularly used and occupies the 57.374 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAPRICIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about capricious

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6 QUOTES WITH «CAPRICIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word capricious.
1
John Cheever
I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.
2
William Hurt
Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard.
3
Julie Kagawa
I love the stories of changelings and the thought that the Fey were these ancient, capricious creatures who were tricky and dangerous. I've always preferred the Brothers Grimm faery tales to the Disney fairy tales.
4
Karen Russell
Sometimes it can feel like the whole globe is spinning with irredeemable losses, capricious natural disasters and crimes so outrageously evil they dismantle any attempt to solve or explain them.
5
George Ryan
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.
6
Barbara Tuchman
Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAPRICIOUS»

Discover the use of capricious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to capricious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Capricious Worlds: Vietnamese Life Journeys
Capricious Worlds covers a period of twenty years of exile. Through the life journeys of Vietnamese refugees, the book presents a world rich in experience and wisdom, where the will to survive is complemented by the skills to do so.
John Chr Knudsen, 2005
2
Capricious Stained Glass: How to Photograph and Receive a ...
From this book you will know with no unnecessary details how to make magnificent photos of such a fretful object like stained glass or any other still objects possessing digital camera (any model), PC, and 30 minutes of spare time.
Alexander Yanchuk, 2008
3
A Very Curious and Capricious Agent
Based on the real events of a major industrial accident in a West Suffolk town in August 1871, Chapman's tale is one of love, lust, greed and jealousy, all of which are curious and capricious agents directing human behavior.
Clodagh Chapman, 2010
4
Arbitrary and capricious: the Supreme Court, the ...
Foley argues that fundamental flaws exist in the implementation of the death penalty.
Michael A. Foley, 2003
5
Capricious Borders: Minority, Population, and ...
Borders of states, borders of citizenship, borders of exclusion.
Olga Demetriou, 2013
6
The capricious cosmos: universe beyond law
A theoretical physicist offers a look at the cosmos from a metaphysical standpoint, discussing what science can and cannot tell human beings about orderless, lawless, and unexplainable parts of reality.
Joe Rosen, 1991
7
Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music ...
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Kim Cooper, David Smay, 2004
8
Capricious Earth: models and modelling of geologic processes ...
"Papers selected ... present state-of-the-art developments aiming to penetrate a new level of comprehension of magmatic and metamorphic phenomena based on advances in different fields of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and various ...
Viktor Nikolaevich Dech, Viktor Andreevich Glebovit͡skiĭ, 2000
9
Capricious Paradise: Caribbean Tales Told by Lis Twa
The story teller serves as a daily newspaper for those people, interpreting both local and international events to suit the local culture.
Gilliam Clarke, 2005
10
ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits
Where the arbitrary and capricious standard is applicable, a court will not substitute its judgment for that of the claim administrator, but will overturn the claim administrator's decision only if it is "downright unreasonable." See, e.g., Jenkins v.
Brooks R. Magratten, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAPRICIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term capricious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mary-Louise Parker on Heisenberg and 'comedy in the pitch black'
... often contradicting herself within the same sentence. She is brash, capricious, volatile, insecure and, yes, exhausting. But as Parker plays her ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Bringing Broken-Windows Policing to Wall Street
Employee compensation is still incentivized toward short-term and capricious risk taking and the megabanks are still too big to fail. «The Atlantic, Jul 15»
3
2015 Nacra 17 World Championship – Day 2 overall
The capricious Danish weather offered abundances of the wind and challenging situations for both the yellow and the blue Nacra17 fleets. «Sail World, Jul 15»
4
Panel recommends changes to Orthodox conversion
Converts say Freundel is not alone among conversion-sponsoring rabbis in using seemingly capricious timelines and standards for conversion, ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
5
The Left Wants To End the Separation of Church and State
American households live in fear of the capricious malice of the Internal Revenue Service, which may more or less at will strip them of ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
6
Next BBQ and drive-in movie night at New Kensington is 'Big Hero Six'
The BBQ starts at 8 p.m., and the family-oriented flick premieres at 9 p.m. If the capricious western Pennsylvania weather does not cooperate, ... «Penn State News, Jul 15»
7
'KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps,' by Nikolaus …
... often Communists, subjecting them to harsh imprisonment and occasionally capricious murder. Auschwitz, by the penultimate year of the war, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Don’t Behave Like that, Please!
... the presence register even you are punctual, bokra adjusts time not according to time on wrist-watch but according to capricious moods. «Sudan Vision, Jul 15»
9
New Skokie restaurant, bar tax approved despite business protests
"The targeting of one industry to carry the weight of the entire community seems to be arbitrary and capricious. We feel that since this is a ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
10
28 Chinese Cavort Amid the Treasures of the Asian Art Museum
... of earthquakes triggered by the harnessing of capitalism in China's quest for hegemony, by the capricious waxing and waning of censorship, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Capricious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/capricious>. May 2024 ».
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